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Reisner, Marc
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Cadillac Desert -
The American West and Its Disappearing Water
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Viking 1986 |
Very Good book with edge wear and light soiling, large book is
bowed inward top half of spine; in a Very Good plus jacket that has
light edge and corner wear, mild rubbing and some slight overwrite
impressions on the spine. This is the late Reisner’s master work
about water and politics, focused on the West but relevant to all of
the country. A must read for anyone interested in water supplies and
growth and development. Scarce in the first printing.
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N102
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Rickenbacker, Capt. Edward V.
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Seven Came Through
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Doubleday 1943
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Subtitled: Rickenbacker’s Full Story Including His Message to
America. Introduction by W.L. White. A later printing. Very Good to
Near Fine book with bit of slant and slight starting at front hinge,
in a similar jacket with light edge wear and slight rubbing, price
of $2.50 present. Quite nice copy that is signed and inscribed by
author on first FEP in blue ink and dated 1962. Rickenbacker was the
U.S.’ most famous Ace during WWI. He was a civilian in WWII but was
on a mission to the Asian Theatre, supposedly to deliver a secret
message to McArthur. The B-17 he was in went down in the Pacific,
and this book is his recounting of the survivors drifting at sea in
life rafts for 24 days before being rescued.
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N115 |
Ruber, Peter (Editor)
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Arkham's Masters
of Horror
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Arkham House 2000 |
Subtitled A 60th Anniversary Anthology Retrospective of the First 30
Years of Arkham House. Fine book in Fine jacket; no price on jacket;
a print run of 4000 copies was produced. |
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N87
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Sallis, James (Editor)
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The Guitar in Jazz
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Univ of Nebraska Press |
Near Fine book with shelf wear bottom edges and boards
slightly splayed, in a Near Fine jacket with light edge wear and
rubbing and overwrite impressions on black, back panel. An unread
copy signed by Sallis on the title page.
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N128 |
Sandoz,
Mari
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The Buffalo Hunters
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Hastings House 1954
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Subtitled “The Story of the Hide Men.” Very Good to Near Fine book
with several rubs on front board, light edge and corner wear,
previous owner stamp on half title page; in a Fair jacket that is
worn along edges with small chips and tears, several creases, soiled
back panel, sun faded, especially on the spine, with closed tear of
about 1/2 an inch on middle of front flap at fold. Price of $4.50 is
present. This copy has been signed by Sandoz in brown ink also on
half title page
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N108 |
Sandoz, Mari
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Old Jules
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Little Brown
1935 |
Near Fine book with just the slightest of sun tan to spine, spine
ends soft and rolled, 1935 stated on title page and Published
October, 1935 stated on copyright page, a very nice copy that is in
Fair to Good jacket with edge wear, wrinkling, several small closed
tears, and small chips missing, faded on spine and lightly soiled
back panel, sticker ghost front flap .
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N61 |
Sanford, John |
A Palace of Silver - A Memoir of Maggie Roberts |
Capra Press 2003 |
Limited first edition, this is #7 of 100 such copies signed by
Sanford and Norman Corwin (Foreword) on the limitation page. Fine
unread book in Fine jacket, no slipcase as issued. |
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N62 |
Sanford, John
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A Palace of Silver - A Memoir of Maggie Roberts
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Capra Press 2003
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Lettered limited first edition, this is copy F of 26 such copies
signed by Sanford and Norman Corwin (Foreword) on the limitation
page. Fine unread book in Fine jacket, book has very small, slight
smudge front page edges housed in Fine slipcase. |
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N63 |
Silko, Leslie Marmon
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Yellow Woman and a Beauty of Spirit
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Simon and Schuster 1996
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Subtitled: Essays on Native American Life Today. Fine unread book in
Fine jacket. Signed on the title page by Silko and dated 3-13-96
Tempe. |
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N64 |
Stegner, Wallace |
The Sound of
Mountain Water |
Doubleday 1969 |
NF/NF book and jacket have edge wear and book has very slight slant,
this copy is the second state with corrected copyright page, appears
unread. |
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N100 |
Tabachnick, Stephen E. and Christopher Matheson
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Images of Lawrence
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Jonathan Cape 1988 |
First UK edition, Near Fine book with light edge and shelf wear and
a touch of yellowing along page edges, a small PO image stamp in
blue is on the bottom of front pastedown partially hidden by front
flap, in a similar jacket with a touch of yellowing along the flap
edges. A remarkable book published at the centenary of the birth of
T. E. Lawrence. Tabachnick provides a schoolerly study of the
enigmatic Lawrence, addressing questions such as: Was he a kingmaker
or a liar? Did he popularize terrorism? Was he murdered? Book is
illustrated with nearly 100 photographs of Lawrence, spanning his
life, from the collection of Matheson.
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N36 |
Tefertiller,
Casey |
Wyatt Earp
(Signed Limited) |
Wiley & Sons 1997 |
Limited first edition Fine unread book that is quarter bound in
leather, no dust jacket as issued, slipcase has very slight wear,
this is copy #19 of 150 copies signed and numbered by the author |
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N101 |
Terkel, Studs
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Division Street: America
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Pantheon 1967 |
Very Good book with light edge wear, pushing at bottom of spine,
page block bowed away from spine at top and with a small rubs and
abrasions to the red top edge stain, in a Very Good jacket that has
mild rubbing, price clipped with vertical crease front flap, couple
of closed tears and two small spots with color loss along top edge.
This is Terkel’s first book of oral histories and focuses on
Chicago. Jacket blurbs by Nadine Gordimer, Nelson Algren and Tom
Wolfe. This copy has been inscribed by the author on the first front
end page – To cousin Jim from Kel – in pencil and dated at the
book’s release Jan 7, 1967.
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N78
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Thoreau,
Henry David |
Faith in a Seed |
Island Press 1993 |
A special limited edition of this selection of writings by Thoreau.
Edited by Bradley P. Dean, Introduction by Gary Paul Nabhan, Intro.
by Robert D. Richardson, Jr., and illustrated by Abigail Rorer, Near
Fine book in glassine wrapper housed in matching green slipcase.
Book has a light binding rub front board and is very slightly faded
on spine, as is glassine wrapper, slipcase is also Near Fine with
light shelf wear, an unread copy. This is number 541 of an edition
of 600 copies with a laid in wood engraving numbered 541 and signed
by Rorer in pencil.
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N129 |
Vonnegut, Kurt
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Fates Worse Than Death
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Putnam 1991
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Subtitled “An Autobiographical Collage of the 1980s.” Near Fine book
with touch of soiling front page edges and slightly splayed boards.
Jacket – Near Fine with light rubbing on panels and slightly sun
faded on spine. An apparently unread copy; signed by Vonnegut on
the flyleaf.
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N81 |
Woodard, Charles L. |
Ancestral Voice - Conversations with N. Scott Momaday |
Univ of Nebraska Press 1989 |
Fine minus book with price sticker stain FFEP in a Very Good jacket
that has moderate edge wear along top with some wrinkling and two
creases front flap. An engaging series of interviews. Jacket front
panel and all interior illustrations by Momaday, who is also an
accomplished artist. Signed by Momaday on the title page. |
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N89 |
Wright,
Richard
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White Man, Listen!
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Doubleday 1957 |
Near Fine book with a few light foxing spots page edges,
offsetting on end pages, and lightly pushed at spine, in a Very Good
jacket that is price clipped, with yellowing and soiling along edges
of white portions, edge and fold wear with some loss of color, two
small spots of color loss top right of front panel, probably from a
sticker removal. A tight and unread copy.
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